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Controversy Biomechanical Testing of the Spine: Load-Controlled Versus Displacement-Controlled Analysis
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Controversy Biomechanical Testing of the Spine: Load-Controlled Versus Displacement-Controlled Analysis

Vijay K Goel, David G Wilder, Malcolm H Pope and W. Thomas Edwards
Spine (Philadelphia, Pa. 1976), Vol.20(21), pp.2354-2357
11/1995
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199511000-00017
PMID: 8553127

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Abstract

Mechanical testing of the spine can be carried out in either a load-controlled or a displacement-controlled manner. Each method requires certain assumptions and offers different advantages. Dr. W. Thomas Edwards believes that displacement-controlled testing most accurately reflects the in vivo environment, while Drs. Vijay Goel, David Wilder, and Malcolm Popa support the use of the load-controlled method as most logical and easily standardized.

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